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Akvaplan-niva leading new project on Polar Front ecology

Akvaplan-niva has been awarded funding from the Research Council of Norway to study the role of the Polar Front in ecosystem structure and function in the western Barents Sea.

Marine bacteria in Canadian Arctic capable of biodegrading diesel and oil

These permanently cold waters are seeing increasing industrial activity related to maritime shipping and offshore oil and gas sector activities.

Seattle-based icebreaker will make Northwest Passage transit in new Arctic mission

A Seattle-based Coast Guard icebreaker damaged by a shipboard fire in 2020 is back at sea this summer on a lengthy mission that will include an Arctic transit through the Northwest Passage.

Ukraine allocates funds for a new icebreaker for Antarctic expeditions

The Ukrainian government has allocated funds for the purchase of a research vessel - an icebreaker for Ukrainian Antarctic expeditions.

National Geographic recognizes Southern Ocean as Earth’s 5th ocean

Nat Geo cartographers say the swift current circling Antarctica keeps the waters there distinct and worthy of their own name: the Southern Ocean.

Study: Arctic sea ice thinning faster than expected

Sea ice in the coastal regions of the Arctic may be thinning up to twice as fast as previously thought, according to a new modelling study led by University College London (UCL) researchers.

Sustaining the Arctic Data Center enables research advances by using open data

The National Science Foundation (NSF) has reaffirmed its commitment to data archiving and sharing in the Arctic by investing $6 million to continue funding of the Arctic Data Center for another five years.

Icebreaker’s cyclone encounter reveals faster sea ice decline

For the first time ever, scientists were able to see exactly what happens to the ocean and sea ice when a cyclone hits.

Scientists study how Antarctic seals and penguins react to drones versus ground surveys

Drones May be the Answer to Less-Invasive Ecological Monitoring

Underwater robot reveals how Thwaites Glacier is melting

For the first time, researchers have collected data from underneath the remote Thwaites Glacier in West Antarctica using an underwater robot.

Aker Arctic completes full-scale ice trials of icebreaking bow Saimaa and tug Calypso

In late March, Aker Arctic conduced full-scale ice trials for the self-propelled detachable icebreaking bow Saimaa and pusher tug Calypso.

Polarstern expedition investigates massive calved iceberg

Experts explore for the first time life on the seafloor in a region formerly covered by thick ice

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